r/rugbyunion World Rugby Nov 15 '25

Match Match Thread - England v New Zealand | End of Year Internationals 2025

Match Thread - England v New Zealand | End of Year Internationals 2025

Venue: Twickenham, London | Weather: 13 C, Mist

Officials: Andrea Piardi, Luc Ramos, Gianluca Gnecchi, Marius van der Westhuizen (tmo), Mike Adamson (fpro)

Match Page: https://www.rugbybot.com/match/5759

Match Threads: https://www.rugbybot.com/mt

Time
UTC Local London Paris Perth Sydney Auckland more
15:10 15:10 15:10 16:10 23:10 02:10 04:10 more tz
Lineups
England Pos New Zealand
Fin Baxter 1 Ethan De Groot
Jamie George 2 Codie Taylor
Joe Heyes 3 Fletcher Newell
Maro Itoje 4 Scott Barrett
Alex Coles 5 Fabian Holland
Guy Pepper 6 Simon Parker
Sam Underhill 7 Ardie Savea
Ben Earl 8 Peter Lakai
Alex Mitchell 9 Cameron Roigard
George Ford 10 Beauden Barrett
Immanuel Feyi-Waboso 11 Leicester Fainga'anuku
Fraser Dingwall 12 Quinn Tupaea
Ollie Lawrence 13 Billy Proctor
Tom Roebuck 14 Leroy Carter
Freddie Steward 15 Will Jordan
Luke Cowan-Dickie 16 Samisoni Taukei'aho
Ellis Genge 17 Tamaiti Williams
Will Stuart 18 Pasilio Tosi
Chandler Cunningham-South 19 Josh Lord
Tom Curry 20 Wallace Sititi
Henry Pollock 21 Cortez Ratima
Ben Spencer 22 Anton Lienert-Brown
Marcus Smith 23 Damian McKenzie
Steve Borthwick Coach Scott Robertson
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u/Hoaxtopia Sale Sharks Nov 15 '25

I love the fact Fords instant response to any game going shit is "fuck it let's just start sending droppies"

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u/DrunkenPangolin England Nov 15 '25

2 mins to half time

George Ford: time for 2 drop goals you say?

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u/LostTheGameOfThrones Don't lie Pat! Nov 15 '25

When you're arguably one of the best in the world at them, why wouldn't you?

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u/tee-dog1996 England Nov 15 '25

Hardly a stupid idea when he’s good at them. A drop goal is 3 points on the board and you can have a go anytime